Important Pre-Pesach Times
Bedikat Chametz (check for Chametz around your house): Tuesday, March 31 after 7:48 PM
Finish eating Chametz: Wednesday morning, April 1, before 10:51 AM
Burn and sell Chametz: Wednesday, April 1 before 11:55 AM
Pesach Times and Schedule
Tuesday, March 31
Bedikat Chametz (check for the Chametz): after 7:48 PM
The first Kol Chamirah, declaring unknown Chametz to be null and ownerless, is recited. (The second Kol Chamirah is recited the following morning. See below).
See here for details.
Wednesday, April 1 - Erev Pesach
Fast of the firstborn
Dawn (first born begin fasting): 5:11 AM
Early Shacharit: 8:00 AM - at the Chabad Annex, 676 Amsterdam Ave at 93rd St
Followed by a Siyum - celebrating the completion of a tractate of the Talmud by Dr. Bertie Bregman
Finish eating Chametz: before 10:51 AM
Burn Chametz: before 11:55 AM
Recite the second Kol Chamirah statement, declaring any remaining Chametz, known or unknown, to be null and ownerless. (printed in the beginning of most Hagadahs)
***Make an Eruv Tavshillin ***
An Eruv Tavshillin is done on Wednesday, April 1. It allows us to make all necessary preparations on Friday, the second day of Pesach, April 3, for Shabbat which follows immediately afterwards. However, unlike a regular Friday afternoon, it is important to make sure that all foods prepared for Shabbat be totally cooked and edible well before Shabbat begins.
The Eruv consists of a matzah, and a cooked food, such as meat, fish, or an unpeeled hard-boiled egg. For details of the procedure and the appropriate Brachah that should be made, consult the siddur (Tehillat Hashem page 327) or see here.
Yom Tov Candle Lighting: 7:03 PM
Minchah: 7:10 PM
Ma'ariv: 7:50 PM
Earliest time to begin the first Seder: 7:50 PM
Midnight: 12:59 AM
Thursday, April 2 - First day of Pesach
Shacharit: 9:45 AM
Rambam Shiur: 6:05 PM
Minchah: 7:05 PM
Ma'ariv: 8:03 PM
Yom Tov Candle Lighting (from a pre-existing flame): after 8:03 PM
Begin preparing for second day of Yom Tov (setting table, warming food from a pre-existing flame etc) after: 8:03 PM
Earliest time to start the second Seder: after 8:03 PM
Friday, April 3 Pesach Second Day
Shacharit: 9:45 AM
Rambam Shiur: 6:15 PM
Minchah: 7:05 PM
Shabbat Candle Lighting (from a pre-existing flame): 7:05 PM
Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:45 PM
Shabbat, April 4 - Shabbat Chol HaMoed
Shacharit: 9:45 AM
Rambam: 6:00 PM
Minchah: 7:00 PM
Ma'ariv & Havdallah: 8:05 PM
Tuesday, April 7 - Erev Shevi'i Shel Pesach
Yom Tov Candle Lighting: 7:09 PM
Minchah: 7:20 PM
Ma'ariv: 7:56 PM
Dawn: 4:58 AM
Wednesday, April 8 - Shevi'i Shel Pesach
Shacharit: 9:45 AM
Rambam: 6:20 PM
Minchah: 7:20 PM
Yom Tov Candle Lighting (from a pre-existing flame): after 8:10 PM
Begin preparing for last day of Yom Tov (setting table, warming food from a pre-existing flame etc) after: 8:10 PM
Ma'ariv: 8:10PM
Thursday, April 9 Acharon Shel Pesach
Shacharit: 9:45 AM
Yizkor (aprox.) 11:30 AM
Early Minchah: 6:15 PM
Followed by Moshiach Seudah beginning at 6:30 PM
Sponsored by Yigal and Jacqueline Dakar
L'iluy Nishmas Jacqueline's parents, Alan and Nancy Saturn; Aharon Leib ben Shmuel and Fruma Sarah bat Asher Yaakov. May their memory be a blessing.
Ma'ariv & Havdallah: 8:11 PM
Yom Tov ends: 8:11 PM
Please allow the rabbi about an hour to buy back the chametz.
We wish everyone a Kosher and Happy Pesach and may we celebrate this Yom Tov together with Moshiach in the Third Temple !